Browse Archival Collections

The Archival Collections compilation is organized by original repositories. The table shows how many archival levels exist in each repository’s structure to give a sense of how large each holding is. Clicking a repository in the index will take visitors to a collapsible list of the archival hierarchy starting at the highest level moving to the lowest as each level is clicked. Each link takes the user to a page that shows the metadata, archival structure, and all the digital objects that can be found within that level. Some of the contents of this collection (Custodian Case Files; Fishing Vessel Request Letters; Protest Letters; and Appendix 5 and 10 of Suspicious Japanese Report) have been moved to their own specially curated collections but can be accessed through this browse as well.

Clicking on a digital object link will open a page that has source details for the object and the object itself that can be downloaded as either a .pdf or an .mp3 (depending on the nature of the object). All pages have a sidebar navigation pane that shows where in the structure hierarchy the page sits as well as a site navigation bar above. In-text links typically produce pop-ups of information that are predominantly links to other documents that share references to the link. For example, clicking “Tashme” will launch a pop-up that lists other site records that reference “Tashme” while individual names produce lists of similar names and other documents associated with that name.